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Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Launch a Writing Fellowship Focused on Mass Incarceration through Art for Justice Fund

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04/06/2018

... the Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors to address issues related to mass incarceration, announced its first round of grant ... will receive an honorarium of $10,000 and may request ...

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Justice Reform

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09 May 2019

Newsrooms & Philanthropy: Is There a Shared Playbook for Impact and Social Change?

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9:00am to 11:00am

... a powerful tool and information source for funders seeking to amplify the causes they are investing in. Over the last ... tools for doing so, and, moreover, how journalism can help shape the broader public...

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Jane Beyer Named Program Officer at Center for Evidence-based Policy and Milbank Memorial Fund

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09/09/2015

... Beyer brings a distinguished career in public service to the role, serving as Washington’s Medicaid Director and counsel to the House Democratic Counsel. She has been active in ... experience in the...

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New York State Health Foundation-Funded Research Aims to Reduce Gun Violence in Rochester, New York

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11/06/2018

New York State Health Foundation-Funded Research Aims to Reduce Gun Violence in Rochester, New York Rochester ... focusing on community partners to intervene to help stop the...

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Why Are Foundations Often Absent From Major Policy Shifts?

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08/13/2009

... numerous major policy turns in society, only to often find absent those foundations which are very ... issues, the vast majority would be directed at small, project -oriented tasks that bypass the larger and...

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Wallace Foundation Releases Report on Principal Evaluation

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01/27/2016

... suggests that those performance appraisals don’t always help principals sharpen the skills they need to improve student achievement. For example, a 2007 ... what if principal evaluation were truly meaningful—a...

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Your VISION for 2025 – A Report on Year One

... and institutional sustainability that would be difficult to reach with the existing budget. The second was a ... working groups. This year, we are undertaking a project to streamline those...

PNY Core: Financial Series

... a set of perennial programs at Philanthropy New York that help funders understand how to assess organizational health through financial analysis. ... Without Overburdening Grantees In this interactive wrap-...

Ford Foundation Appoints Hilary Pennington and Martín Abregú as Program Vice Presidents

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09/05/2013

... civil society. “Hilary’s extraordinary commitment to social justice and her deep knowledge of the education ... respected as a colleague — one who has worked his way up from program officer to...

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The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Supports Expansion of Arts and Education Programs and Social Impact Initiatives at Silkroad

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03/25/2021

... history will support a four-year capacity-building effort to expand educational initiatives that are steeped in social justice and equity, and to create new musical projects that connect people and ... uplift...

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Supported By The Taft Foundation, Rising Tide U Launches New Online Program, The Autism Advantage

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01/31/2018

... families who believe starting a business is their only way to help loved ones with autism build a future, along ... "We truly believe that social entrepreneurship is the key to...

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Kaberi Banerjee Murthy joins Meyer as new Director of Program Strategy

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11/19/2018

... Meyer as new Director of Program Strategy I'm excited to announce today that Meyer Memorial Trust has named Kaberi Banerjee Murthy to be our new Director of Program Strategy. Kaberi, who most .....

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Edward W. Hazen Foundation Announces Plans to Spend Down

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03/05/2019

Edward W. Hazen Foundation Announces Plans to Spend Down The Edward W. Hazen Foundation in New York City has announced that it plans to spend down its assets over the next five years in support ... justice and...

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Governor Andrew Cuomo Names PNY Members Among Members of a Reopening Advisory Board

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04/28/2020

... creation of the New York Forward Re-Opening Advisory Board to help guide the state's re-opening strategy. The advisory ... of the advisory board is available here . "We've come up...

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Chris Cardona to Run Ford Foundation's Philanthropy Sector Portfolio

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03/09/2015

Chris Cardona to Run Ford Foundation's Philanthropy Sector Portfolio The ... Chris has a deep understanding of and commitment to philanthropy. He joins us from TCC Group, where he leads ... the execution in...

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Duke Foundation Gives $1.5M for Arts to Increase Understanding of Muslim Societies

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03/04/2016

Duke Foundation Gives $1.5M for Arts to Increase Understanding of Muslim Societies The Doris ... more than $1.5 million in support of arts-focused efforts to increase public understanding of contemporary Muslim...

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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Funds Research of Human Impact on Indoor Climate

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06/04/2019

... of climate change. “We’ve not previously been able to measure with such great precision the chemical processes ... new advanced equipment and new analysis methods enable us to map how emissions from humans...

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23 Jul 2012

How Youth are Transforming the Food Justice Movement

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12:00pm to 2:00pm

... who are transforming their NYC neighborhoods. Join us to learn how the untapped energy of youth has been harnessed ... youth food justice initiatives New paths to economic growth and...

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Bloomberg Report Shows Mayors Concerned About Budget, Infrastructure

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04/11/2018

... across the United States increasingly are feeling pressure to address policy and funding issues that once were the ... percent), infrastructure (17 percent), jobs and economic growth (10 percent), and...

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